A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/24/2015). Determined by Peter W. Messer and V. Belov via BugGuide.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/2/2022). Verified by Peter W. Messer/BugGuide.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/21/2016). Verified by Curt Harden (NEON/SERC).
Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (9/3/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/28/2019). Determined by Curt Harden/BugGuide.
Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle found on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018). Determined by Curt Harden.
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Harpalus texanus should be kept in mind on the immediate coast. It is currently known from "North Carolina to southern Florida, west to eastern Texas" and can only be separated from this species by dissection (BugGuide, 2018).
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/24/2015). Determined by Peter W. Messer and V. Belov via BugGuide.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/2/2022). Verified by Peter W. Messer/BugGuide.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/21/2016). Verified by Curt Harden (NEON/SERC).
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Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/28/2019). Determined by Curt Harden/BugGuide.
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Mark Etheridge.
Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide.
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Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle found on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018). Determined by Curt Harden.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Harpalus pensylvanicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
| Tribe: | Harpalini |
| Genus: | Harpalus |
| Species: | H. pensylvanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Harpalus pensylvanicus (Degeer, 1774)
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Harpalus pensylvanicus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae.[1] It is found throughout North America. It was described by Degeer in 1774.[1]
The adults of the species are shiny black on the top, reddish brown underneath, and the elytra have lines. The larvae are black with a reddish head and the body is tapered with two long cerci. The species' food includes the seeds of ragweed and assorted grasses. They are important weed seed predators. They prefer small seeds such as lamb's quarter and waterhemp seeds.[2] They favor high hayfields opposed to low maize fields.[3] The species occasionally damages ripening strawberries which is probably how it gets water. It is attracted to lights. The common name of the species is Pennsylvania ground beetle.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Harpalus pensylvanicus (DeGeer, 1774)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ Van Der Laat, Rocio; Owen, Micheal D. K.; Liebman, Matt; Leon, Ramon G. (2015). "Postdispersal Weed Seed Predation and Invertebrate Activity Density in Three Tillage Regimes". Weed Science. 63 (4): 828–838. doi:10.1614/WS-D-15-00030.1. S2CID 86038247.
- ^ Fox, Aaron F.; Reberg-Horton, S. Chris; Orr, David B.; Moorman, Christopher E.; Frank, Steven D. (2013). "Crop and field border effects on weed seed predation in the southeastern U.S. Coastal plain". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 177: 58–62. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2013.06.006.
- ^ Swan, Lester (1972). The Common Insects Of North America. Harper Row, Publishers, Inc. p. 341. ISBN 0-06-014179-4.